Gonna be a long wait, but this was a good chapter overall. Loved the boss Jinbei moment! Still hoping that Luffy pulls out G4 and does something akin to Spring Hopper, hopefully able to bounce despite the mochi due to his haki armor, then pull all his limbs in, so he looks like a ball…then unleashes them all at once in a move I'm calling Fireworks Culverin. If Katakuri is using haki like Eneru, then it stands to reason, if he just lets his limbs go and randomly bounce out and around, they won't be predicted as easily and destroy everyone else around. Least, I'd like to see Fireworks return.

@Sano:

I doubt we are going to get Punk Hazard and onward on bluray. Since the France release just finished Dressrosa on their dvd release, didn't got an bluray release of ether Punk Hazard and Dressrosa.

Oh that's a damn shame. Punk Hazard had some really great moments and gorgeous animation and would've been a great start for getting bluray. I'm legit bummed out. I'm already iffy on continuing to buy DVD since I enjoy BD better, but I guess we'll have to settle for continued slightly lesser quality.

Any word if Punk Hazard will be the beginning of the One Piece TV series getting a bluray release in the states, since that's the first arc to get BD release in Japan?

@DIO:

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I have The Strong World & Film Z Blu-ray/DVD Combo and they are the english release of the movies. Also there is a Bluray version of Movie 8 as well done by funimation

But if your talking about the anime tv episodes, then yea I haven't seen them on amazon

The TV episodes were what was being referenced. The anime has only started getting bluray releases starting at PH arc. Everything else before has not seen a BD release. And yeah Japan is very wary of reverse importation. It's the reason some Bandai and Sentai Filmworks series had originally seen English only BD releases of some titles (Kurokami and the initial release of Persona 4). You can't blame the companies, any logical person from Japan WOULD import the English release on BD if it was dual language and around $30 cheaper w/ many more eps compared to a Japanese release.

Interesting new shows. But yeah, I'm looking forward more to MtH than AgK. The latter didn't even seem that interesting and supposedly wasn't even adapted from the manga well (from what I've heard). I think something like Needless would've been more fun to have on toonami. It's just balls-to-the-wall fun and over the top action that doesn't take itself seriously, even if you consider its "read the manga" ending. But that's just me.

@cloudrivera:

I was just talking about not showing the anime, not stopping it and then starting a new show ala Fairy Tale. Although, thinking about it now, I wish they would do that. They can still stop it after this arc is over and have a new show "One Piece: New World".

They're never gonna stop the show. Toei is stubborn and doesn't want to risk it's time slot. It may be petty to most, but sadly, it's understandable that a company wants to keep holding onto a variable that works in their favor, even if doing so is the cause of the anime catching up to the manga.

As for the ep, I was okay w/ it. IMO, the eps of OP have gotten of better quality despite how much they adapt since PH. But I was not immune to Mouji…he's the type of character I wanna see get smashed in the face, but I digress. Toei needed filler and I had a feeling they'd use him again for more unimportant running around. Other than that, everything else was on mark, and we see how everyone is doing, so I was kept engaged. Art and animation was pretty stilted here and there, but the Franky/Sr. Pink stuff was still fun...loved how Franky smashed Sr. Pink w/ the manager's head...followed by the window shatter effect (nice touch).

@vkylev:

It still bothers me. Did Luffy kill Baron in movie 6? I mean the flowers and Baron's goggles in the final scene heavily implies that Baron died but I just can't see Luffy killing any major villain even in non-canon movies.

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but I felt that Baron was probably near death whenever Lily attached itself to him and helped sustain his life enough to slowly build up his crew again along w/ the resort. So when Luffy beat Baron, his simply released him from the borrowed time he was living on. So it's not so much killing as it was "freeing"…at least, that's how I saw it.

This is very good news, indeed! Hope it has a good turn out. Kinda glad they're doing it now, since the rerun will be Chopper vs. Kumadori, and it's a great ep. Shame we go into Boss Luffy filler on the regular time, even though I enjoy them, I can imagine the confusion that might ensue to the unfamiliar.

@Apprentice:

Okay thank you for your help

No problem. Happy to be of help. ^^

@Apprentice:

thank u. Do u know where I could buy the code to download that anniversary costume pack?

Don't really know. It comes packaged w/ the game on a slip of paper w/ the code, hence the "Day 1 DLC". You COULD always check out your local Gamestop and see if they left the dlc slip in one of the empty display cases. I have seen them do that before. But since it's been a good while since the game came out, that might be a fruitless venture. Regardless, hope you're able to get the dlc you want. OP: UWRed is the first game I EVER decided to buy the dlc for, and I don't regret it, the Prestige Pack bought me around an extra 20 hours of gameplay. XD